Chapter 409 - 196: The 5 Arts
Chapter 409: Chapter 196: The 5 Arts
The man was still lying on the ground, his face a mask of confusion, having forgotten everything else.
The woman was in an even more miserable state; Fang Shuwen had crippled one of her arms with a single palm strike.
She lay on the ground, still spitting up blood...
The others were already corpses.
’These two are still alive... but can they really be interrogated?’
She glanced at Fang Shuwen and couldn’t help but ask:
"Can you really get them to talk?"
Fang Shuwen walked over to the woman and gently patted her cheek.
"What’s your name?"
Although the woman felt that death would be a relief, she had a fiery temperament. She glared at Fang Shuwen, refusing to say a word.
Fang Shuwen nodded, drew out A Line, and touched it to the center of her forehead.
He had experimented with this before. A Line applied to the center of the forehead inflicted a more piercing and terrifying pain than anywhere else.
Sure enough, the flesh on the woman’s face trembled, and blood began to flow from her seven orifices. In an instant, her appearance became utterly wretched.
Fang Shuwen quickly withdrew A Line and asked again:
"Name."
"Liu... Liu Hanyan."
Fang Shuwen looked back at Miao Feichan.
"See? They can talk."
Miao Feichan was speechless and could only spread her hands.
"You were right."
Fang Shuwen continued his questioning:
"What technique did you use on Miao Feichan? How are you able to track her location?"
"It’s... a Martial Art from the Night Rain Tower..."
Liu Hanyan didn’t dare refuse to answer.
"It’s called the Smelling Dew Technique.
"It is one of my Night Rain Tower’s five techniques: ear, nose, eye, body, and mind.
"There was no other trick used on her... We used the Smelling Dew Technique to memorize her scent and followed it... all the way here."
Fang Shuwen was suddenly a little surprised.
"A Martial Art like that exists?
"Tell me, what are the other techniques for the eye, nose, ear, body, and mind?"
"For the ear, the Rain Listening Technique. For the nose, the Smelling Dew Technique. For the eye, the Observing Traces Technique. For the body, the Touching the Subtle Technique. And for the mind, the Knowing Destiny Technique."
Liu Hanyan explained in detail:
"These five techniques... are taught personally by the Night Rain Tower Master. Every disciple of the Night Rain Tower must begin their training with the Rain Listening Technique.
"Although they aren’t killing methods, they are extremely important."
Fang Shuwen grew thoughtful. He felt that just by hearing their names, he could tell these five techniques were extraordinary.
’As expected of something from the Central Domain,’ he mused.
’Even their Martial Arts sound so unique.’
Then, a thought occurred to him.
"Earlier, you were able to see the flaw in my Palm Technique. Were you using the Observing Traces Technique?"
"If I had mastered the Observing Traces Technique, I wouldn’t be in such a wretched state..."
Liu Hanyan gave a bitter laugh.
"Each of these five techniques is extremely difficult to cultivate. Ordinary disciples struggle to even master the Rain Listening Technique.
"Only those who have mastered the Smelling Dew Technique can lead subordinates and become a ’Rain Curtain’.
"Higher up, those who master the Observing Traces Technique are figures on the level of a Hall Master or Pavilion Master...
"As for the Touching the Subtle Technique and the Knowing Destiny Technique, only the Tower Master has mastered them."
"Then do you know the Mental Method for the Observing Traces Technique?"
Fang Shuwen asked.
"Only after mastering one technique are you given the Mental Method for the next level.
"I... only know the Rain Listening Technique and the Smelling Dew Technique."
"Good."
Fang Shuwen nodded and said to Miao Feichan:
"Take Fang Dabao into the city and buy a brush, ink, paper, and an inkstone."
Hearing this, Miao Feichan naturally knew what Fang Shuwen intended. While she felt it was a bit improper, it wasn’t because she had a problem with extorting them by force.
She was just worried Liu Hanyan would tamper with the Mental Method.
But after a glance at Fang Shuwen, she nodded anyway.
She looked at the Black and White Exotic Beast again, finding it a bit funny. ’This thing is actually named Fang Dabao?’
’For such a large Exotic Beast... I wonder where that boy tricked it from...’
She leaped up, and Fang Dabao, knowing she was an ally and having heard Fang Shuwen’s command, immediately took off at a run.
In just a few moments, Miao Feichan returned with the writing materials.
She spread out the rice paper, opened a waterskin to grind the ink, and dipped the brush. Only then did she nod at Fang Shuwen.
"Recite."
Without hesitation, Fang Shuwen ordered Liu Hanyan to begin.
As she recited, Miao Feichan wrote.
The text for these two Martial Arts Heart Methods wasn’t very long. One was around two hundred words long, and the other just over three hundred.
It was all quickly recorded on the paper.
Fang Shuwen waited for the ink to dry before carefully putting it away.
He didn’t plan to practice this Martial Art by following it to the letter. Instead, he intended to use it as a reference, learning from another’s foundation.
His goal achieved, he asked one more question:
"Why are you after the Seven Stars?"
"...The Tower Master’s orders."
After Liu Hanyan spoke those four words, Fang Shuwen knew he wouldn’t get anything else out of her. He struck out with his palm and killed her instantly.
Then he walked over to the man who was still struggling on the ground with blood pouring from his ears, and kicked him to death.
His movements were practiced, completely devoid of any guilt for killing a defenseless opponent.
He wasn’t done after killing them. Fang Shuwen then searched their bodies.
He found some silver, a Night Rain Tower keepsake, and a Token.
The Night Rain Tower’s keepsake was a teardrop-shaped, ink-black jade pendant that looked quite extraordinary.
But Fang Shuwen was more interested in the Token.
The front of the Token was engraved with the two words ’Dragon Abyss,’ while the back depicted an open eye.
Fang Shuwen’s heart trembled, but his expression remained unchanged. He only narrowed his eyes slightly.
’The Dragon Abyss Order!’
He couldn’t be certain if this Dragon Abyss Order was the same one that had summoned the clan uncle of the Heaven-Slaying Sect’s Zhao Wuji.
But finding it on a member of the Night Rain Tower couldn’t help but give Fang Shuwen a strange feeling.
He thought for a moment, then handed the Token to Miao Feichan.
"Do you recognize this Token?"